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Modulatory control near a critical point can account for rare reconfigurations in the brain's functional connectivity dynamics that are missed by standard critically tuned models. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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Determine how brain networks execute occasional functional connectivity reconfigurations that standard critically tuned models fail to capture.

September 5, 2026PLoS BiologyOpen Access

How the brain dances across critical boundaries

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Computational modeling study reveals modulatory control near critical points drives functional connectivity reconfigurations in the brain, highlighting mechanisms of dynamic neural transitions.

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Determine how brain networks execute occasional functional connectivity reconfigurations that standard critically tuned models fail to capture.
Evaluated dynamic brain functional connectivity models operating near critical points.
Incorporated modulatory control mechanisms to assess their effect on rare network transitions.
Demonstrated that modulatory control operating near criticality accounts for rare dynamic reconfigurations across brain networks.
Showed that conventional critically tuned models without modulatory control fail to reproduce transient state transitions.

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Audrey Sederberg (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9bd3a66b95aff0620eadbb https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3003950

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September 5, 2026PLoS BiologyOpen Access

How the brain dances across critical boundaries

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Authors

ASAudrey Sederberg

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Overview

Computational modeling study reveals modulatory control near critical points drives functional connectivity reconfigurations in the brain, highlighting mechanisms of dynamic neural transitions.

Key Points

Determine how brain networks execute occasional functional connectivity reconfigurations that standard critically tuned models fail to capture.
Evaluated dynamic brain functional connectivity models operating near critical points.
Incorporated modulatory control mechanisms to assess their effect on rare network transitions.
Demonstrated that modulatory control operating near criticality accounts for rare dynamic reconfigurations across brain networks.
Showed that conventional critically tuned models without modulatory control fail to reproduce transient state transitions.

Cite This Study

Audrey Sederberg (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9bd3a66b95aff0620eadbb https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3003950

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